[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 126 (Friday, June 29, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30758-30759]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-13991]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2018-0025; OMB No. 1660-0040]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Standard Flood Hazard Determination Form

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency, as part of its 
continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites 
the general public to take this opportunity to comment on an extension, 
without change, of a currently approved information collection. In 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks 
comments concerning this form which is used by regulated lending 
institutions, federal agency lenders, the Federal National Mortgage 
Association, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, and the 
Government National Mortgage Association. Federally regulated lending 
institutions complete this form when making, increasing, extending, 
renewing or purchasing each loan for the purpose is of determining 
whether flood insurance is required and available. FEMA is responsible 
for maintaining the form and making it available.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 28, 2018.

ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate submissions to the docket, please use 
only one of the following means to submit comments:
    (1) Online. Submit comments at www.regulations.gov under Docket ID 
FEMA-2018-0025. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    (2) Mail. Submit written comments to Docket Manager, Office of 
Chief Counsel, DHS/FEMA, 500 C Street SW, 8NE, Washington, DC 20472-
3100.
    All submissions received must include the agency name and Docket 
ID. Regardless of the method used for submitting comments or material, 
all submissions will be posted, without change, to the Federal 
eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov, and will include any 
personal information you provide. Therefore, submitting this 
information makes it public. You may wish to read the Privacy Act 
notice that is available via the link in the footer of 
www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Bernstein, Insurance Specialist, 
FIMA, Marketing and Outreach Branch, 303-701-3595. You may contact the 
Information Management Division for copies of the proposed collection 
of information at email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 1365 of the National Flood Insurance 
Act of 1968 (NFIA) (42 U.S.C. 4104b), as added by Section 528 of the 
National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 (Pub. L. 103-325, title V), 
requires that FEMA develop a standard hazard determination form for 
recording the determination of whether a structure is located within an 
identified Special Flood Hazard Area and whether flood insurance is 
available. Regulated lending institutions, federal agency lenders, the 
Federal National Mortgage Association, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage 
Corporation, and the Government National Mortgage Association must 
complete this form for any loan made, increased, extended, renewed or 
purchased by these entities. The requirement for federally regulated 
lending institutions to determine whether a building or mobile home 
securing a loan is located in an area having special flood hazards and 
whether flood insurance is available has been in effect since the 
enactment of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, although the 
use of a standard form was not required until the enactment of the 
Section 1365 of the NFIA. The establishment of the Standard Flood 
Hazard Determination form has enabled

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lenders to provide consistent information.

Collection of Information

    Title: Standard Flood Hazard Determination Form.
    Type of Information Collection: Extension, without change, of a 
currently approved information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0040.
    FEMA Forms: FEMA Form 086-0-32, Standard Flood Hazard Determination 
Form.
    Abstract: This form is used by regulated lending institutions, 
federal agency lenders, the Federal National Mortgage Association, the 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, and the Government National 
Mortgage Association. Federally regulated lending institutions complete 
this form when making, increasing, extending, renewing or purchasing 
each loan for the purpose is of determining whether flood insurance is 
required and available. FEMA is responsible for maintaining the form 
and making it available.
    Affected Public: Business and other for-profit; and Individuals or 
Households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 26,616,265.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 26,616,265.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 8,783,367.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $208,956,300.
    Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: 0.
    Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: 0.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: 0.

Comments

    Comments may be submitted as indicated in the ADDRESSES caption 
above. Comments are solicited to (a) evaluate whether the proposed data 
collection is necessary for the proper performance of the agency, 
including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) 
evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used; (c) enhance the quality, utility, and 
clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) minimize the burden 
of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including 
through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or 
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses.

Rachel Frier,
Records Management Branch Chief, Office of the Chief Administrative 
Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2018-13991 Filed 6-28-18; 8:45 am]
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